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Council to consider creating two planning-department positions for succession and promotion
Summary
Rules & Personnel advanced two second-reading resolutions creating an Assistant Planning Director and a Planning Administrator to provide internal promotion paths and succession planning in the planning department; staff said one assistant position is already budgeted in the 2025 operating budget.
The Rules & Personnel Committee presented two second-reading resolutions (2024-R-79 and 2024-R-80) to create positions in the planning department: an Assistant Planning Director (R-79) and a Planning Administrator (R-80). Committee members and staff said the goal is succession planning and providing promotion opportunities without increasing long-term staffing levels.
Staff explained the Assistant Planning Director role would involve management, budgeting and interfacing with the public and was budgeted in the 2025 operating budget to replace a recently vacated planner. The Planning Administrator position was described as a mid-career role focused on physical planning, advanced assignments and complex studies. Committee members asked whether filling both roles would increase headcount; directors explained the immediate intention is to hire to the assistant position and use the administrator role as an internal promotional path if needed.
Why it matters: The positions are intended to preserve institutional knowledge and create career pathways to retain staff in the planning department; budget and staffing implications were discussed, with one position already included in the operating budget.
Next steps: Both resolutions are on second reading and the committee indicated it will take time on them during the regular council meeting.
